--- title: "9 Invisible Quotes By Rumi" description: "9 Invisible quotes by Rumi. Plus more from Rumi and more Invisible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rumi-56_desire_there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us_2536476.jpg" --- > [There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us-when-it-recognizes-two/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rumi-56_desire_there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us_2536476.jpg) > [The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-in-respect-to-love-nothing-but/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/rumi-56_form_the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-i_866274.jpg) > [Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as-hard-as-you-do-in-the-visible/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/rumi-56_hard_work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as_1345037.jpg) > [When one sense perceives the hidden, the invisible world becomes apparent to the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the-invisible-world-becomes/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/rumi-56_invisible_when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the_2469950.jpg) > [Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/never-lose-hope-my-heart-miracles-dwell-in-the-invisible-if-the-whole/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/rumi-56_eye_never-lose-hope-my-heart-miracles-dwell_214157.jpg) > [My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/my-heart-is-so-small-it-s-almost-invisible-how-can-you-place-such-big/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/rumi-56_bigs_my-heart-is-so-small-it-s-almost-invisib_2577617.jpg) > [Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/little-by-little-wean-yourself-this-is-the-gist-of-what-i-have-to-say/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/rumi-56_blood_little-by-little-wean-yourself-this-is-t_1289029.jpg) > [Lovers O lovers, lovers it is time to set out from the world. I hear a drum in my soul's ear coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/lovers-o-lovers-lovers-it-is-time-to-set-out-from-the-world-i-hear-a/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/rumi-56_asks_lovers-o-lovers-lovers-it-is-time-to-set_1148973.jpg) > [Allah made the illusion look real and the real an illusion. He concealed the sea and made the foam visible, the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/allah-made-the-illusion-look-real-and-the-real-an-illusion-he/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/rumi-56_concealed_allah-made-the-illusion-look-real-and-th_1284396.jpg) ## Other authors on Invisible ## More by Rumi > [The love religion is all that is written here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-love-religion-is-all-that-is-written-here/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/and-so-it-is-that-both-the-devil-and-the-angelic-spirit-present-us/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/we-began-as-mineral-we-emerged-into-plant-life-and-into-the-animal/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-a-morning-inside-you-waiting-to-burst-open-into-light/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/sometimes-you-hear-a-voice-through-the-door-calling-you-this-turning/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [“You’ve so distracted me, your absence fans my love. Don’t ask how. Then you come near. “Do not…” I say, and “Do not…,” you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/you-ve-so-distracted-me-your-absence-fans-my-love-don-t-ask-how-then/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-something-to-be-said-for-anyone-who-sits-alone-with-dignity/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/tis-easy-to-break-an-idol-very-easy-to-regard-the-self-as-easy-to/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Today, let us swim wildly, joyously in gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/today-let-us-swim-wildly-joyously-in-gratitude/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [I have no name for what circles so perfectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-have-no-name-for-what-circles-so-perfectly/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [What draws friends together does not conform to the laws of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/what-draws-friends-together-does-not-conform-to-the-laws-of-nature/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [We are born of love. Love is our mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/we-are-born-of-love-love-is-our-mother/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/water-stories-the-body-all-the-things-we-do-are-mediums-that-hid-and/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [If your heart isn't yet illumined Be awake always, be a seeker of the heart, Be at war continually with your carnal soul. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/if-your-heart-isn-t-yet-illumined-be-awake-always-be-a-seeker-of-the/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [“I came back to You because I could not find the kind and decent things I found in You anywhere else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-came-back-to-you-because-i-could-not-find-the-kind-and-decent/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invisible/rumi/#itemlist", "name": "9 Invisible Quotes By Rumi", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us-when-it-recognizes-two/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rumi-56_desire_there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us_2536476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rumi-56_desire_there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us_2536476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rumi-56_desire_there-is-an-invisible-strength-within-us_2536476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows…” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-in-respect-to-love-nothing-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/rumi-56_form_the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-i_866274.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/rumi-56_form_the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-i_866274.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/rumi-56_form_the-gifts-of-lovers-to-one-another-are-i_866274.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to…” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as-hard-as-you-do-in-the-visible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/rumi-56_hard_work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as_1345037.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/rumi-56_hard_work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as_1345037.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/rumi-56_hard_work-in-the-invisible-world-at-least-as_1345037.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When one sense perceives the hidden, the invisible world becomes apparent to the whole.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the-invisible-world-becomes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/rumi-56_invisible_when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the_2469950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/rumi-56_invisible_when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the_2469950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/rumi-56_invisible_when-one-sense-perceives-the-hidden-the_2469950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When one sense perceives the hidden, the invisible world becomes apparent to the whole.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. 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